Where pumped liquid screed fits in Polegate
The mix turns up in the lorry already made, goes down the hose into the room and settles flat under its own weight. That makes it a good match for the projects that are common in Polegate: rear extensions, kitchen knock-throughs and the later housing that spreads towards Willingdon. A big open kitchen and extension can be poured in one go, needing far fewer joints than a hand-laid floor, and SR1 or SR2 flatness is well within reach.
Depth is usually lower too. Laid floating over insulation in a house, it can be as thin as about 35mm where sand and cement needs 65mm, and those spare millimetres help a Polegate extension finish flush with the old floor. With heating pipes underneath, keep 25mm or more above them, so the layer ends up at 45 to 50mm, as our Polegate underfloor heating screed page explains.
Of Polegate's homes, 15% are flats. An upper floor can still take a liquid screed, as long as the hose can reach and the structure below is sealed and ready for it.
There are two broad families of liquid screed. For dry rooms indoors a calcium sulphate mix is normally used; where water may reach the floor, a flowing mix based on cement is the safer pick. We recommend one or the other after seeing the room, rather than pushing a brand.
Getting the pump hose into a Polegate home
Most liquid screed jobs are decided by access rather than by the floor. The mixer parks on the road or drive, and a screed pump pushes the material through a hose that can run a long way: round the side of a semi, through a garage or up a stairwell. A house with no side access just means the hose comes through the front door and hall, laid over protection.
Parking is the thing to plan. On a residential street the lorry needs a clear space for the time it takes to pour, and neighbours appreciate a note beforehand. We do not hire out pumps; the screed pumping service is run by our own team as part of the job.
After the pour the room needs to be closed up and left alone. Light footfall is fine within a couple of days. Getting it dry is the slow part, at about a millimetre a day for the first 40mm and slower beyond that. Our guide to how long screed takes to dry helps you book the flooring fitter for the right week. For the same service three miles away, see liquid screed in Hailsham.
Liquid Screed prices in Polegate
Liquid screed: £24 to £31 per m² supplied and laid (MyJobQuote, August 2026), so £960 to £1,240 for 40 m². MyJobQuote does not say whether these figures include VAT. See our floor screeding cost guide or screed calculator.
Who lays your liquid screed in Polegate
K & B Screeding’s own team, led by director Donatas Bardisevicius. Founded 2019, company 12298780.
See what customers say in our Google reviews and on our testimonials page.
Liquid Screed from Slough to Polegate
On the map, Polegate sits south-east of Slough, about 62.5 miles from our base in a straight line (postcodes including BN26), next to Hailsham (3 miles), Eastbourne (4.1 miles), Seaford (7.2 miles) and Newhaven (8.9 miles).
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